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. >> woodruff: but republicans-- led by house speaker john boehner today-- renewed long- standing arguments that a hike will actually hurt job creation. >> listen, i've been dealing with the minimum wage issue for the last 28 years that i've been in elective office. and when you raise the price of employment, guess what happens? you get less of it. at a time when the american people are still asking the question, where are the jobs? why would we want to make it harder for small employers to hire people? >> woodruff: the president's economic to-do list also called for: improved access to high- quality, early childhood education; panerships with the private sector and colleges to help american manufacturing and expanded job training programs for unemployed workers. today, he expanded on that theme, announcing a goal of training two million americans with skills that lead directly to new jobs. >> no job in america should go unfilled because somebody doesn't have the right skills to get that job. ( applause ) nobody. so, if there's a job open, we should train those folks right away so that they
. >> woodruff: but republicans-- led by house speaker john boehner today-- renewed long- standing arguments that a hike will actually hurt job creation. >> listen, i've been dealing with the minimum wage issue for the last 28 years that i've been in elective office. and when you raise the price of employment, guess what happens? you get less of it. at a time when the american people are still asking the question, where are the jobs? why would we want to make it harder for small...
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. >> separating harry reid from john boehner. >> woodruff: well, they pick a select group of the leadership of the house and senate to escort the president in. and i'm sure both of you saw today or yesterday there was an article describing the lengths to which some members of congress will go to get one of those coveted seats right there in the aisle so that the president will see them and they will be seen on national television. >> on my twitter feed at about noon there were some reporters reporting that those seats were already getting filled up. those people have been there for nine hours. they deserve their five seconds of fame. >> they do. but in the past, speaking of the... in the past you've been able to just have a bag or some books. now security demands that you be there yourself physically. you may claim it by putting in your notebook with your name on it. now you have to physically be there because many of these members have been there for hours. and they're getting their, the moment in the sun. jean schmidt from ohio who is one of the regulars there, a republican, she lost the
. >> separating harry reid from john boehner. >> woodruff: well, they pick a select group of the leadership of the house and senate to escort the president in. and i'm sure both of you saw today or yesterday there was an article describing the lengths to which some members of congress will go to get one of those coveted seats right there in the aisle so that the president will see them and they will be seen on national television. >> on my twitter feed at about noon there were...
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. >> well, john boehner is being quoted as saying that obama lacks the guts to make the tough calls in the country's growing deficit. does the president have what it takes to get in there and get dirty? he's not running for president again, so it's now or never. >> it's how much he wants to negotiate. he drew a line about medicare and he didn't mention social security. but in terms of making the spending reductions, even on entitlements, he's not prepared to do. i do want to raise another thing of local concern, brian, the mayor called somebody at the highest level of the white house, not the president. they asked him to make one brief mere mention of budget autonomy and once again, d.c. got stiffed. the mayor, the president made no elusion to d.c., even when he talked about democracy in berma. >> they are asking me to wrap it up, marco rubio, what did you see tonight? there are people making fun of him online for having to reach for that glass of water. he's relatively new, i think. >> no, look, he's not a performer. he needed a drink of water. i'm glad he had it rather than gag up an
. >> well, john boehner is being quoted as saying that obama lacks the guts to make the tough calls in the country's growing deficit. does the president have what it takes to get in there and get dirty? he's not running for president again, so it's now or never. >> it's how much he wants to negotiate. he drew a line about medicare and he didn't mention social security. but in terms of making the spending reductions, even on entitlements, he's not prepared to do. i do want to raise...
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i don't think john boehner has stood up on anything. there are at least some republicans on immigration doing something. i don't see him anywhere. >> i disagree. i think he had guts and then lost his guts. he actually started out doing this grand bargain and as soon as someone said boo, notably, the people in his own leadership team, then he realized he had no guts at all. so, you know, i guess that redefines guts. >> sequentially, he had the guts to negotiate with the president to a certain point, but then he did not have the guts as he says here to take on his own -- >> there is that. i think evaporating guts don't -- >> i try. >> the republicans have been consulting pollster neil nuhouse, quoted as saying this "i kind of emphasize to the members that second midterm elections have never been friendly to the president. you can't count on that. that's not going to happen. we've got to realize that the house republicans are going to be obama's top target." so boehner is being told, don't just sit there and think on a midterm you guys aut
i don't think john boehner has stood up on anything. there are at least some republicans on immigration doing something. i don't see him anywhere. >> i disagree. i think he had guts and then lost his guts. he actually started out doing this grand bargain and as soon as someone said boo, notably, the people in his own leadership team, then he realized he had no guts at all. so, you know, i guess that redefines guts. >> sequentially, he had the guts to negotiate with the president to...
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when john boehner wrote this in the journal, he said mr. president, we agree that the sequester is bad policy. now we have this jay carney tweeting in response and speaker boehner will be writing history in the wsj op ed. when he and 173 house voted for sequester. are we retelling history and making up what went down in the past? i talked about this earlier today in my hour saying there was nor gop dna and twitter lit up and saying no, no. it's the president. where does it fall? whose lap? >> depends who you ask. i know both sides derive political benefit from where this is headed. this might be with regard to the economy and not both sides being able to go back to constituencies and say truthfully here's where i stood and it happened nevertheless. it benefits the republicans because their mantra is one of we are not going along with spending cuts without tax increases and we can't have tax increases on top of the 600 billion we went along with. the president made a pitch to independence by saying the word compromise. i'm for doing this in
when john boehner wrote this in the journal, he said mr. president, we agree that the sequester is bad policy. now we have this jay carney tweeting in response and speaker boehner will be writing history in the wsj op ed. when he and 173 house voted for sequester. are we retelling history and making up what went down in the past? i talked about this earlier today in my hour saying there was nor gop dna and twitter lit up and saying no, no. it's the president. where does it fall? whose lap?...
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. >> john: which sounds reasonable to me, to you, most americans but not to john boehner speaker of the house. >> when you raise the price of employment guess what happens you get less of it. >> john: that is not true. and that comes from a political leader who thinks billionaires who have it rough but poor people have it too easy. the president laid out what he would do on the abraham/ing sequester that would push the economy into recession. >> obama: on medicare i'm prepared to enact reforms that will achieve the same amount of healthcare savings by the beginning of the next decade as the reforms proposed by the bipartisan simpson-bowles commission. to hit the rest of our deficit reduction target we should do what lourdes in both parties have already suggested, and save hundreds of billions of dollars by getting rid of the tax loopholes and deductions for the well-off and the well-connected. >> the >> the president's sequester that we want to sea happen, but when it comes to overcoming their miserable performance with hispanic voters, here's part of what he said about immigration last
. >> john: which sounds reasonable to me, to you, most americans but not to john boehner speaker of the house. >> when you raise the price of employment guess what happens you get less of it. >> john: that is not true. and that comes from a political leader who thinks billionaires who have it rough but poor people have it too easy. the president laid out what he would do on the abraham/ing sequester that would push the economy into recession. >> obama: on medicare i'm...
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>> i can believe that he proposed it and that john boehner proposed it. those are not mutually exclusive explanations. so i could believe that both sides proposed it. >> reporter: i think the point here is there are circumstantial evidence supporting the notion both the president and members of congress crafted this now notorious law. where does the truth lie? it can't be all one or all the other. we know, as professor henderson said, all parties had to sign off on it. that is where the debate ends. boehner and rubio's statement is flat wrong. i'm sam brock and that is today's "reality check. ">>>thank you, sam. new details on the oscar pistorius case. new heated testimony in day two of the bail hearing to determine if he'll be let out. a detective said he could mispi question. he said he accidentally shot his girlfriend thinking she was an intruder. the prosecution insists the murder was premeditated and says that a neighbor heard the couple arguing loudly that night. pistorius' family maintains his innocence. >> i mean, this is it. he's not a violent pe
>> i can believe that he proposed it and that john boehner proposed it. those are not mutually exclusive explanations. so i could believe that both sides proposed it. >> reporter: i think the point here is there are circumstantial evidence supporting the notion both the president and members of congress crafted this now notorious law. where does the truth lie? it can't be all one or all the other. we know, as professor henderson said, all parties had to sign off on it. that is where...
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john boehner threatens the cuts to the u.s. national security, thousands of jobs and more. boehner is right. these cuts were design today be so brutal, so awful that even extremist republicans would want to avoid them. and, yet, the hill reports today that republicans have decided o the requester is where they'll make their stand on spending cuts. it's downright crazy. republicans admit the cuts will threaten national security and kill jobs. but they refuse to stop them? it makes zero sense. >>> a new economic report warns these cuts could cause 700,000 workers to lose their jobs this year alone. >>> the pentagon today passed a plan to furlough 8,000 workers if the cuts take effect. it's shameful. and the president is fighting that. today, he gave interviews to 8 different tv shows around the country, demand gd the gop stop these spending cuts, and, instead, close loopholes for the rich. >> instead of us cutting education, mental health programs and a whole range of other things that are really important, we should be focused on programs that we know don't work, waste in go
john boehner threatens the cuts to the u.s. national security, thousands of jobs and more. boehner is right. these cuts were design today be so brutal, so awful that even extremist republicans would want to avoid them. and, yet, the hill reports today that republicans have decided o the requester is where they'll make their stand on spending cuts. it's downright crazy. republicans admit the cuts will threaten national security and kill jobs. but they refuse to stop them? it makes zero sense....
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house speaker john boehner said, quote, today the president advanced an argument republicans have been make for a year -- his sequester is the wrong way to cut spending. mitch mcconelle insisted, more than three months after the november election, president obama still prefers campaign events to common sense bipartisan action. meanwhile the co-chairs of the president's 2010 budget reduction panel. are offering another plan, we're talking about simpson and bowles. their first attempt was ignored by the administration and congressional members. this latest proposal would save $600 billion in changes in health care programs and tax reform. on top of that $1.2 trillion would come on cutting down discretionary spending. allen simpson said that it represents a badly needed reality check for our nation. >> before you begin drool at the mouth, read the report. use your bean instead of listening to crap from the left and right. he will have a failed presidency unless he deals with the social security sovereignty. >>> after a white house plan for immigration reform leaked over the weekend, presi
house speaker john boehner said, quote, today the president advanced an argument republicans have been make for a year -- his sequester is the wrong way to cut spending. mitch mcconelle insisted, more than three months after the november election, president obama still prefers campaign events to common sense bipartisan action. meanwhile the co-chairs of the president's 2010 budget reduction panel. are offering another plan, we're talking about simpson and bowles. their first attempt was ignored...
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just this morning john boehner said no way. so he's got a couple of avenues he can go down, but not nearly as he mentioned hast night. >> michael: you know one of the things that he said hast night talked about the deficit, and how all of these programs that he was introducing to congress--i'll get to talking about what you just said as well. weren't going to add to the deficit. let's listen to the president. >> obama: let me repeat, nothing i'm proposing tonight should increase our deficit by a single dime. it is in the a bigger government that we need but a smarter government that sets priorities and invests in broad base growth. >> michael: it sounded like to me like george w. bush no new tactics. if he's not going to add to the deficit, that means he's going to cut what's there and that is not going to make his base terribly happy. >> well, that's not quite what it means. he could raise taxes and do the programs and not add a cent to it at all. listen to the president's words carefully. he said they should not add to the de
just this morning john boehner said no way. so he's got a couple of avenues he can go down, but not nearly as he mentioned hast night. >> michael: you know one of the things that he said hast night talked about the deficit, and how all of these programs that he was introducing to congress--i'll get to talking about what you just said as well. weren't going to add to the deficit. let's listen to the president. >> obama: let me repeat, nothing i'm proposing tonight should increase our...
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>> john boehner. >> jimmy: boehner. >> hey, man. will somebody tell him he's on camera? [ laughter ] somebody tell this dude, "hey man, you have got to act like he's your president." [ laughter ] he just be back there just -- stand up, man. >> jimmy: at one point, they're both, like, checking e-mails and tweeting each other. i was like, what is going --? >> hey, man, he's the worst, man. he's the worst. the republican party should just -- let's take him to acting school. when the president talks, just do this. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's all you need to do, yeah. >> but this. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: he's very emotional, steve. >> and he's a very tan person. >> jimmy: no, he's very tan. >> where does he get this tan at? >> jimmy: he goes -- it's jwoww and snooki. they all hooked in. [ laughter ] they all chipped in. [ scattered applause ] they all chip in together. it's a little orange. it's a little orange. >> i'm going, "damn, ain't it cold in d.c.?" [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, where's he getting that tan? i know. but, you actually know the president, right? you went
>> john boehner. >> jimmy: boehner. >> hey, man. will somebody tell him he's on camera? [ laughter ] somebody tell this dude, "hey man, you have got to act like he's your president." [ laughter ] he just be back there just -- stand up, man. >> jimmy: at one point, they're both, like, checking e-mails and tweeting each other. i was like, what is going --? >> hey, man, he's the worst, man. he's the worst. the republican party should just -- let's take him...
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and john boehner couldn't stick to the script today for the softer, gentler, kinder gop. he told reporters at a breakfast briefing that obama doesn't have -- this is the new phrase. he doesn't have the guts to cut spending. today more republican intransigents are holding up again by demanding the speaker -- actually harry reid from nevada come up with 60 votes to move forward the vote. and senator rand paul put a hold on president obama's pick. joining me now is salon's joan walsh and washington post's dana milbank. they can't beat these people so they're doing this obstructing. they're trying to smear this guy. they know he's going to be secretary of defense. there is absolutely no purpose in what cruz is doing except trying to move he's more obnoxious than neocons are. they're just messing around with the government of the united states, i think. >> they're messing around in a particularly ugly way. i mean, ted cruz, this is ugly stuff, chris. and the good news for marco rubio is he makes rubio look like a statesman. and john mccain god bless him is rising to the occasi
and john boehner couldn't stick to the script today for the softer, gentler, kinder gop. he told reporters at a breakfast briefing that obama doesn't have -- this is the new phrase. he doesn't have the guts to cut spending. today more republican intransigents are holding up again by demanding the speaker -- actually harry reid from nevada come up with 60 votes to move forward the vote. and senator rand paul put a hold on president obama's pick. joining me now is salon's joan walsh and...
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did you notice the smile, by the way, on john boehner's face sit behind the president on the state of the union. if you did, you're imagining things. so afraid of the hard-hating republicans that even boehner is scared to death of looking like he might like what the president is saying. let's go at it. our guests very joy read and michael steele former chair of the republican national committee. both very msnbc analysts and good ones. let's take a look at this. is this delay on the hagel vote about playing for time? well, "the new york times" reports today that anti-hagel groups right now are hoping for exactly that. quote, leaders of the group say they expect third efforts to include more phone calls, urging conservative voters to vote no. new efforts to unearth embarrassing details from mr. hagel's past, and potentially a new round of television advertisements pressuring democrats to drop their support for him. it used to be the president got his cabinet. now e you get the entire opposition party to the last man and woman voting against it in what i don't even know is one reason. if
did you notice the smile, by the way, on john boehner's face sit behind the president on the state of the union. if you did, you're imagining things. so afraid of the hard-hating republicans that even boehner is scared to death of looking like he might like what the president is saying. let's go at it. our guests very joy read and michael steele former chair of the republican national committee. both very msnbc analysts and good ones. let's take a look at this. is this delay on the hagel vote...
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whether john boehner or abraham has a victory committee it can be connected to other committees. they could raise potentially from one donor a $1 million contribution and spread it out to the other candidates and republican parties whether the democratic or republican party. it allows the candidate to solicit a $1 million. >> michael: which is extraordinary. we know republicans are bringing this case. but we know people like floyd abrams and others have not-limiting this as a free speech issue. where do they stand on free speech. >> there is a divide and has been ever since sandra day owe o'connor left, and replaced that's how they came down in cities eyecitizens united and it looks that's how they'll come down in mccutcheons. >> michael: now we return to the campaign front where mark sanford is fine tuning his campaign message for the house seat. he's turning that pesky negative, the one about running off to argentina to visit your mistress while telling everyone you're taking, he's turning it into talking points. >> i absolutely failed in my personal life and my marriage. but o
whether john boehner or abraham has a victory committee it can be connected to other committees. they could raise potentially from one donor a $1 million contribution and spread it out to the other candidates and republican parties whether the democratic or republican party. it allows the candidate to solicit a $1 million. >> michael: which is extraordinary. we know republicans are bringing this case. but we know people like floyd abrams and others have not-limiting this as a free speech...
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those look very much like obama's december offer to john boehner which john boehner just couldn't get the votes for. remember boehner had a fall back plan that was less ambitious. he couldn't get the votes for that. now he said this discussion is over. what do we conclude? obama made a good offer. he reiterated last night and said we already cut a trillion and a half out of appropriated spending and some revenue out of the fiska will cliff deal and have a ways yet to go. let's have a balanced course as we work this out. the republicans have said we are not talking and the reality is the republican caucus is so extreme that they couldn't get the votes for a deal if they had one. >> thank you so much very much. the president is heading out of your home state on his first stop after the state of the union. let me get back to the panel here. i want to play what marco rubio had to say in the gop response prior to the water drink. prior or after. i don't know if anything matters. you take that sip of water and what he said about his personal story. >> this ideal is personal. my parents emig
those look very much like obama's december offer to john boehner which john boehner just couldn't get the votes for. remember boehner had a fall back plan that was less ambitious. he couldn't get the votes for that. now he said this discussion is over. what do we conclude? obama made a good offer. he reiterated last night and said we already cut a trillion and a half out of appropriated spending and some revenue out of the fiska will cliff deal and have a ways yet to go. let's have a balanced...
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john boehner, eric cantor, and paul ryan, and paul ryan and cantor are going to keep boehner to the right. i mean, cantor and ryan's advisors have told us privately there is no opening for tax revenue in this deal at all. i'm want sure if john boehner would do it independently of them, but the people that we've seen who have been completely ineffective are the people on the house armed services committee, the people who make these decisions usually, but the chairman has not been able to sway boehner at all. we've seen the stalemate because of that, and cantor and rooen are going to keep boehner on the right. >> people outside the process are saying this is the dumbest way to do business, to have a meat ax approach and have across the board cuts. yes, it does achieve some budget savings, but does it not in any kind of intelligent way of planning. >> which is why if you talk to the people on capitol hill, the people who are making these decisions, they say that down the road if there are huge economic damages -- i mean, we don't really know what's going to happen to the economy if the seque
john boehner, eric cantor, and paul ryan, and paul ryan and cantor are going to keep boehner to the right. i mean, cantor and ryan's advisors have told us privately there is no opening for tax revenue in this deal at all. i'm want sure if john boehner would do it independently of them, but the people that we've seen who have been completely ineffective are the people on the house armed services committee, the people who make these decisions usually, but the chairman has not been able to sway...
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boehner looking like a giant care or in a suit all those things are just the result of your i up again yes even the really crazy things i mean the really crazy things like reaganomics and transvaginal probes and wayne la pierre it'll all go away when you get some help for your medical condition we're here for you working to help you with your problem colorado and washington state have already thrown you a lifeline legislating a much less destructive alternative the might even put you in touch with mother earth and help you see the errors of your ways and there's always add an anonymous groups that meet on thursdays in the basement of the reagan republican building just down the street from the campus. as president obama has said so many times there is hope. so don't give in to those he'll monsters chewing on your legs turn far more real than the welfare queens ronald reagan hallucinated or the illegal voters you're working so hard to stop chill out and get some help. and that's the way it is tonight wednesday feb thirteenth twenty thirteen for more information on any of the stories we'
boehner looking like a giant care or in a suit all those things are just the result of your i up again yes even the really crazy things i mean the really crazy things like reaganomics and transvaginal probes and wayne la pierre it'll all go away when you get some help for your medical condition we're here for you working to help you with your problem colorado and washington state have already thrown you a lifeline legislating a much less destructive alternative the might even put you in touch...
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he's going to do local tv hits today around the country, and john boehner gets a "wall street journal" editorial, which is really just speaking to his base. the president is speaking to the american people, making the case these cuts are bad for them, and the republicans really are not in a position to respond effectively. when you're in the congressional wing of the party, democrats or republicans, you're not able to effectively compete with the presidency. the republicans learned that in '94 during the government shutdown, they are going to learn it again this time. >> president obama was just reelected. there's a sense america believes he wants to be reasonable in all of this, and, you know, i talk about the great reasonableness tour of 2012. he spent a lot of time trying to prove himself as someone who wants to negotiate. >> right. it's interesting, because it's similar and it's different to when this fight began. it's helpful to remind people this began in 2011 when there was a serious crisis. literally, on august 3rd the estimate was we were going to default on our debt and the
he's going to do local tv hits today around the country, and john boehner gets a "wall street journal" editorial, which is really just speaking to his base. the president is speaking to the american people, making the case these cuts are bad for them, and the republicans really are not in a position to respond effectively. when you're in the congressional wing of the party, democrats or republicans, you're not able to effectively compete with the presidency. the republicans learned...
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boehner, but here is what president obama said last night that actually provoked speaker john boehner to stand and yes, applaud. >> hadiya's parents, nate and cleo are in this chamber tonight, along with more than two dozen americans whose lives have been torn apart by gun violence. they deserve a vote. they deserve a vote. gabrielle giffords deserves a vote. the families of newtown deserve a vote. the families of aurora deserve a vote. the families of oak creek and tucson and blacksburg and the countless other communities, ripped open by gun violence, they deserve a simple vote. >> president obama won over at least one republican senator. >> he put forth some good ideas, i agree we need to vote on guns, let's have the debate, let's have it out there. let's talk about what the constitution says and what the bill of rights is, and what tenth amendment rights are and second amendment. i think we ought to have votes. >> wayne lapierre has announced he will respond to the president's state-of-the-union address tomorrow. where else? at the national wild turkey federation convention. nra bo
boehner, but here is what president obama said last night that actually provoked speaker john boehner to stand and yes, applaud. >> hadiya's parents, nate and cleo are in this chamber tonight, along with more than two dozen americans whose lives have been torn apart by gun violence. they deserve a vote. they deserve a vote. gabrielle giffords deserves a vote. the families of newtown deserve a vote. the families of aurora deserve a vote. the families of oak creek and tucson and blacksburg...
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house speaker john boehner was even more dismissive. he told reporters today that the house republicans won't pass any part of the president's agenda this year except for immigration, and told mr. obama to stay out of it. and boehner also said the president lacked quote the courage to take on his heart on long-term spending, and that when it comes to cutting the deficit, and i quote, i don't think he has the guts to do it. mr. president, many economies believe that spending cuts are holding them back. boehner and his followers are not ready to compromise. 70% of voters say they would support a path of citizenship including the majority of republicans. but that number drops to 59% when president obama's name is added. with more on what to expect tonight. let's go to david shuster live in washington, d.c. good evening. >> john, good evening to you. >> john: great to have you. what sorts of specifics should we expect from the president tonight. >> he'll focus on the new initiatives, manufacturing, infrastructure, education and clean energy
house speaker john boehner was even more dismissive. he told reporters today that the house republicans won't pass any part of the president's agenda this year except for immigration, and told mr. obama to stay out of it. and boehner also said the president lacked quote the courage to take on his heart on long-term spending, and that when it comes to cutting the deficit, and i quote, i don't think he has the guts to do it. mr. president, many economies believe that spending cuts are holding...
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yes, on the issue of john boehner, i was at breakfast with him this morning. he was quite gruff on the president. he said he doesn't have the guts or the courage to stand up to the liberals in his own party in order to make a deal on the big issues, particularly deficit reduction. i talked to him later in the day and said, are you calling the president a wimp? he said, no, i just don't think he's able to do what it takes to stand up to them. that's the kind of relationship or frankly nonrelationship that these two men who will be sitting a foot away from each other have. >> the president having just greeted all the members of the supreme court in attendance, including the two that he appointed elena sotomayor and kagan. there's wolf bliter at cnn studios, he's almost at the point -- >> these are member s of the joint chiefs, diplomatic corps, cabinet and the senior white house staff there as well. you see the president. he's about ready to go up to that podium. jessica kyellin has been watching. what do you think about what's going on? >> this reminds me of ou
yes, on the issue of john boehner, i was at breakfast with him this morning. he was quite gruff on the president. he said he doesn't have the guts or the courage to stand up to the liberals in his own party in order to make a deal on the big issues, particularly deficit reduction. i talked to him later in the day and said, are you calling the president a wimp? he said, no, i just don't think he's able to do what it takes to stand up to them. that's the kind of relationship or frankly...
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now, in an indication of how willing republicans are to compromise house speaker john boehner said yesterday immigration is about the only item on the president's list that has a chance of passing this year. anne-marie? >> susan mcginnis in washington. thank you. >>> well, the president also pushed his case for quick action on immigration reform. mr. obama called for stronger border security and a stronger pathway to earned citizenship. >> we know what needs to be done. and as we speak, bipartisan groups in both chambers are working to draft a billnd applaud their efforts. let's get this done. send me a comprehensivive bihm bill in the next few months and i'll sign it right away and america will be better for it. let's get it done. >>> the president's proposals like immigration reform face die provided congress including a house that has an agenda of its own. nancy cordes has more. >> the republicans are not reacting so positively as they did to his inaugural address. this time their address has been more muted and they did rise and applause a few times during his speech when he talked about
now, in an indication of how willing republicans are to compromise house speaker john boehner said yesterday immigration is about the only item on the president's list that has a chance of passing this year. anne-marie? >> susan mcginnis in washington. thank you. >>> well, the president also pushed his case for quick action on immigration reform. mr. obama called for stronger border security and a stronger pathway to earned citizenship. >> we know what needs to be done. and...
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and even john boehner the speaker of the house who opposes new gun control measures leapt to his feet to applaud on that. >> pelley: the president's been realistic about his chances of getting major gun control legislation through the republican house. he has said in the past that he's willing to take anything that he can get but the important thing he says is that we try to save lives from gun violence. a number of people senator harry reid behind the president being one of them wearing green ribbons on their lapels tonight in solidarity with the victims from the newtown massacre in december. major garrett at s at the white house for us tonight. major, what are the president's prospects on gun control? what does he think he can get? >> reporter: scott it's very important that the president said "let's have a vote." in the rhetoric of legislative politics that means the president is not decidedly telling congress "let's pass this, i know we can do it." it is an open-faced concession that the politics of gun control, particularly when it comes to an assault weapons ban, so-called, or b
and even john boehner the speaker of the house who opposes new gun control measures leapt to his feet to applaud on that. >> pelley: the president's been realistic about his chances of getting major gun control legislation through the republican house. he has said in the past that he's willing to take anything that he can get but the important thing he says is that we try to save lives from gun violence. a number of people senator harry reid behind the president being one of them wearing...
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speaker john boehner had network correspondents and reporters to a breakfast and he said the president did not have the guts to do would need to be done on entitlements. that does not sound like somebody who is ready to make a deal. the president showed that he has the upper hand. >> the president is now hitting the road, why does that matter? >> this is traditional after the state of the union. he will be in north carolina talking about manufacturing and toward the end of the week, he will be in chicago after the killing of a young girl there who was at the inauguration. this time, the president is giving up on back room deals and giving up working directly with republicans. he wants to bring in pressure from around the country so he is tapping into his political network and using his power to go around the country to get the republicans to kick in. >> mike allen, thank you so much. >> make sure you get all your applause lines. >> the time the 6:49 and a nato airstrike in afghanistan overnight killed four insurgents and nine civilians. the air strike hit two houses near the pakistani
speaker john boehner had network correspondents and reporters to a breakfast and he said the president did not have the guts to do would need to be done on entitlements. that does not sound like somebody who is ready to make a deal. the president showed that he has the upper hand. >> the president is now hitting the road, why does that matter? >> this is traditional after the state of the union. he will be in north carolina talking about manufacturing and toward the end of the week,...
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the person to watch on the speaker said is john boehner. he is going to be the player tonight listening slowly. if the president is signaling a willingness to compromise. >> the polls are pretty clear on this. and you mentioned bill clon t clinton. clinton said we don't have an external enemy right now. you said the era of big government is over. >> and that is opt mi miss many. what clinton said is our enemy is ourselves. our enemy is dysfunction al government. the president is going to speak to the american people about the economic issues that matter most to them and i think that is important. >> if he talks about tax hikes republicans are going to tune out. >> it is possible that he could turnout to be the optimist tonight. i want to wait and see. >> the guy i'm watching tonight is marco rubio. he is optimistic guy and i happen to know he has a great pro growth message. meanwhile jared bernstein and robe robert, i appreciate both. joining us next senator johnson and former democratic governor robert dean. i'm kudlow, we are coming right
the person to watch on the speaker said is john boehner. he is going to be the player tonight listening slowly. if the president is signaling a willingness to compromise. >> the polls are pretty clear on this. and you mentioned bill clon t clinton. clinton said we don't have an external enemy right now. you said the era of big government is over. >> and that is opt mi miss many. what clinton said is our enemy is ourselves. our enemy is dysfunction al government. the president is...
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. >> and it also forces john boehner to make statements like this. i've read this five times. a lot of people who are being paid the minimum wage are being paid that because they come to the workforce with no skills and this, an increase in the minimum wage makes it harder for them to acquire the skills they need in order to climb that ladder successfully. as far as i can tell, the argument there is don't pay people more because it will make them lazy. this is the taker's maker thing. this is an extension of romne romney-ichl. ism. >> by the way, he talked about indexes the middle wage. i remember when mitt romney came out for this, and mitt romney came out he would be open for indexing the minimum wage. people close to paul ryan. i believe he did it after he picked paul ryan. and he went on larry kudlow, i saw larry kudlow last night, and said, hey, you know they're doing the indexes. i told larry that's bad policy. economic conservatives. for doing that. while the president is throwing it out there trying to give to the public, hey, there's bipartisan -- there's really not.
. >> and it also forces john boehner to make statements like this. i've read this five times. a lot of people who are being paid the minimum wage are being paid that because they come to the workforce with no skills and this, an increase in the minimum wage makes it harder for them to acquire the skills they need in order to climb that ladder successfully. as far as i can tell, the argument there is don't pay people more because it will make them lazy. this is the taker's maker thing....
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. >> no, it's not said republican speaker john boehner. >> at a time when people are asking where are the jobs? why would we want to make it harder for small employers to hire people? >> reporter: meanwhile, it's 15 days under drastic cuts on pentagon spending. and social services, sequestration automatic if there's no budget deal. the senate gop leader set the president should have proposed a deficit plan that the republicans could buy. >> instead we got gimmicks and tax hikes. just one more plan from the president that's designed to fail so he can blame others. >> reporter: mr. obama has failed to get the minimum wage to $9.50. that was his goal, but it was hiked in 2009 from $6.55. the president today didn't mention the sequester cuts that many up here on both sides of the aisle fear might be inevitable. i'm steve handelsman, news4, capitol hill. >>> it appears the former commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan will not be the next leader of nato troops in europe. military sources tell nbc news that general john allen will withdraw his name from consideration of that post. sources
. >> no, it's not said republican speaker john boehner. >> at a time when people are asking where are the jobs? why would we want to make it harder for small employers to hire people? >> reporter: meanwhile, it's 15 days under drastic cuts on pentagon spending. and social services, sequestration automatic if there's no budget deal. the senate gop leader set the president should have proposed a deficit plan that the republicans could buy. >> instead we got gimmicks and...
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just yesterday the house speaker john boehner in a meeting with -- breakfast meeting with television correspondents and anchors said he didn't think that president obama had the guts to do something big, to fix entitlement. that doesn't sound like somebody about to make a deal. senator rubio wanted to put a little rat n literal new face on the party. at the end he said god bless the presidentment president. he told his story coming up as a family that was an only in america story coming up from cuba. he talked about the fact that he still lives in a middle class neighborhood. he said i'm not trying to protect the rich. i'm trying to protect my neighbors. >> it will be interesting to hear what joe has to say at the top of the hour. mike allen will be joining us. >>> members of congress were locked in a bitter fight over the nomination of chuck hagel as the next secretary of defense. in a sharply divided 14-11 vote, the arms services committee sent his nomination to the senate floor but only after hours of pretty intense debate. >> we saw with his nomination something truly extraordina
just yesterday the house speaker john boehner in a meeting with -- breakfast meeting with television correspondents and anchors said he didn't think that president obama had the guts to do something big, to fix entitlement. that doesn't sound like somebody about to make a deal. senator rubio wanted to put a little rat n literal new face on the party. at the end he said god bless the presidentment president. he told his story coming up as a family that was an only in america story coming up from...
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john boehner drowned his sorrows as the president spoke. and new york magazine compiled robert pattinson's nervous twik, the talk show sip. when paul ryan debated joe biden for the vice presidency, his sips ended up as a skit on snl. >> i may not go every sunday, but on christmas eve. >>. >> reporter: two-happeneded chug is one thing, but a pair of comedians made fun of what they call marco rubio's cot in mouth dry noises. >> thank you for listening. may god bless all of you. >> reporter: we'll toast to that. >> i want to say, folks, who do you trust -- >> reporter: new york. >> that's pretty hilarious. all right, coming up tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern, did you guys see the snl skit last week about the guy, one black guy who's in every commercial? they were talking about this guy, jamison reeves, who seems to be in every commercial because he says he is an acceptable black friend and he doesn't make white people uncomfortable. that's what he says. we're going to talk to
john boehner drowned his sorrows as the president spoke. and new york magazine compiled robert pattinson's nervous twik, the talk show sip. when paul ryan debated joe biden for the vice presidency, his sips ended up as a skit on snl. >> i may not go every sunday, but on christmas eve. >>. >> reporter: two-happeneded chug is one thing, but a pair of comedians made fun of what they call marco rubio's cot in mouth dry noises. >> thank you for listening. may god bless all of...